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8 | General NewsGuildford SAS Trace Elements CentreOpen for BusinessThe official opening of the new GuildfordSupra-regional Assay Service (SAS) TraceElements Centre was held recently. ProfessorVincent Marks, the first Director of the SASservices at Guildford, gave a short account ofbeginnings of the Centre before cutting theribbon to mark the move to new laboratoriesbased at the Surrey Research Park. Visitorswere then invited to see the new facilities,meet the staff and join them for lunch.The Centre accommodates the SAS TraceElement Laboratory and the UKNEQAS TraceElements External Quality Assessment Schemehad previously been located on the mainUniversity of Surrey Campus for more thanforty years. However, with pressure on spaceand business expansion, it was decided torelocate to the nearby Surrey Research Park.This move has given laboratories specificallydesigned for the modern equipment used, andfor the research and development workassociated with the Centre. Deputy Director,Dr Chris Harrington, designed the newProfessor Vincent Marks Opens the SAS Trace Element Centreaccommodation, supervised the buildingprogramme and facilitated the successfulimplementation of the laboratories. The£450,000 relocation cost was funded by theRoyal Surrey County Hospital NHS FoundationTrust.Samples from Head to ToeThe analytical workload of the SAS laboratoryinvolves the measurement of trace elements inwhole blood, serum, urine, hip-fluid aspirates,herbal medicines, toenails, hair, liver biopsiesand tissue specimens. Most samples are for theinvestigation, follow-up and monitoring ofpatients for nutritional or orthopaedicreasons. Clinical advice and interpretation ofresults, as comments on written reports or indirect discussion with colleagues in otherhospitals forms an important component ofthe workload.The UK NEQAS Trace Elements ExternalQuality Assessment Scheme has over 120registered participants from 25 countriesACB News | Issue 618 | October 2014
General News | 9Dr Andrew Taylor with some of the forty visitorsaround the world and the scheme monitors34 element/matrix combinations. A newscheme for the analysis of Cu and Fe in solidmatrices was introduced in 2012 for cliniciansand laboratories testing liver biopsies for thediagnosis of Wilsons Disease andhaemochromatosis and has 19 participantsfrom 7 countries.In addition to overseeing an extensive SASrepertoire and the international ExternalQuality Assessment Scheme, Andrew Taylor,the Centre’s Director, and Chirs Harrington,teach and supervise students at the Universityof Surrey and elsewhere, manage researchprojects, as well as collaborating on numerousprojects with external colleagues.The SAS Trace Elements Centre is managedas part of Surrey Pathology Services, a jointventure between the Royal Surrey County,Frimley Park and Ashford & St Peter’s HospitalNHS Foundation Trusts.The new location of the facility is:SAS Trace Element CentreSurrey Research Park15 Frederick Sanger RoadGuildfordGU2 7YDTel: 01483 689978Email: rsc-tr.traceelements@nhs.netWebsite: www.surreyeqas.org.uk ■ACBI 201414th-15th November 2014Royal Hospital Kilmainham, DublinWhy not attend what is always an excellent ScientificMeeting in what is the ACBI’s fiftieth anniversary year?For the full programme and booking details: www.acbi.ieClick on the image for a link to the ACBI website on theelectronic version of ACB News.Issue 618 | October 2014 | ACB News
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